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1934

  • Work on this object began.

1944

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Proof for an Advertisement, Whitsuntide

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) London Passenger Transport Board. It is dated ca. 1939 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

32.5 × 18.8 cm (12 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in black ink, center: E McK K

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, upper right: Sunday Pictorial; lower left: S2N.98.39

Cite this object as

Print, Proof for an Advertisement, Whitsuntide; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: London Passenger Transport Board (England, GB, United Kingdom); USA; offset lithograph on paper; 32.5 × 18.8 cm (12 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-577

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